Question

In a shop there were Fanta, coca cola and sprite bottles in a ratio of 8 : 15 : 12 respectively. If the total number of Fanta bottles is 120, then find the total number bottles. [3 MARKS]

Answer 1

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Let the Fanta, Coca Cola and Sprite bottles be 8x, 15x, 12x.

The total number of Fanta bottle is 120.

So, 8x =120

x = 15

Then coca cola bottles =15 x 15= 225

Sprite bottles = 12 x 15 = 180.

So, the total number of bottle is 120 + 225 + 180 = 525.